Bushnell’s Bryan Morgan take No. 1 at Sniper’s Hide Cup

As one of America’s top optics manufacturers, Bushnell is well versed in making the long shot come in. But this is not strictly limited to the Kansas-based company’s equipment.

Recently, Team Bushnell Tactical produced the top placer at one of the nation’s elite long-distance shooting competitions. Bryan Morgan came out of the May 22-25 Sniper’s Hide Cup the top dog, enduring testing conditions to claim his trophy at the Trigger Time Club in Fort Morgan, Colo.

Morgan also credited his optics for giving him the edge over 20 courses of fire in the testing three-day competition. He used a Bushnell Elite Tactical XRS 4.5-30x 50mm riflescope to collect his third title of the year.

The optic boasts the mil-based G2 reticle, co-developed by Team Captain George Gardner and Bushnell, and a huge range of available magnifications. Morgan used the scope’s precise adjustments and the G2 reticle to successfully engage targets from 200 to 1,200 meters spread across the windblown plains of central Colorado.

The Sniper’s Hide Cup continued to grow this year with more than 125 competitors. And it’s more than just the challenge of the distance that continues to draw out the marksmen.

The cup tests a number of facets of tactical long-distance shooting, rewarding points for accuracy, speed and other factors. Accuracy, obviously, is emphasized, with first-round hits worth more than second.

About Elwood Shelton

Elwood Shelton is an online content developer for Gun Digest. He is a gun owner and avid reloader from Colorado. When not at his press or the range he can be found chasing mule deer around the Rocky Mountains.